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intrigue

/verb in-treeg; noun in-treeg, in-treeg/US // verb ɪnˈtrig; noun ɪnˈtrig, ˈɪn trig //

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v.有主动词 verb
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    in·trigued, in·tri·guing.

    • : to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
    • : to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice.
    • : to draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol.
    • : to accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations.
    • : Obsolete. to entangle.
    • : Obsolete. to trick or cheat.
v.无主动词 verb
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    in·trigued, in·tri·guing.

    • : to plot craftily or underhandedly.
    • : to carry on a secret or illicit love affair.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
    • : such a machination or stratagem or a series of them; a plot or crafty dealing: political intrigues.
    • : a secret or illicit love affair.
    • : the series of complications forming the plot of a play.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbarouse curiosity
Forms: intrigued, intrigues, intriguing
verbplot
Forms: intrigued, intrigues, intriguing

Examples

  • Pulisic’s situation added to the layers of intrigue leading to the roster selection, the most anticipated in many years because of a deepening player pool and the momentum from two summer championships.

  • In these next five weeks, the twilight of a lost season for both clubs, it will be rare to stir much intrigue outside their own dugouts.

  • It is a film with tension and intrigue of the deepest of love stories.

  • The plot hinges on a sliver of political intrigue—involving an activist played by Vicky Krieps, of Phantom Thread fame—that doesn’t really justify all these weird goings-on.

  • His lawyer says he was paid based on other more substantial services and even risks Hughes took but declined to elaborate, further stoking the intrigue.

  • He held intrigue for journalists converging for the transition of papal power.

  • On another, more macro level, did you find Europe to be such a cesspool of intrigue?

  • India really does intrigue against Pakistan in the same way Pakistan plots against India.

  • The quick-cut trailer suggests a soft-core romp with dramatic intrigue and wry one-liners.

  • The extra layer of intrigue alluded to in that statement is that the WWE itself is an international brand.

  • He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

  • The king fell in love with her, and his attempted intrigue led to complications that almost caused a war between France and Spain.

  • Black Hood knew what it was to be a policeman with hands bound by red tape or political intrigue.

  • However, if you can forget that, the coils of an admirably woven intrigue will grip your attention and sympathy throughout.

  • It preyed upon her mind, distorting it, unbalancing it; each glance, each movement of his she exaggerated into an intrigue.